Victor Heerman
Victor Eugene Heerman (August 27, 1893 – November 3, 1977) was an English-American film director, screenwriter, and film producer. After writing and directing short comedies for Mack Sennett, Heerman teamed with his wife Sarah Y. Mason to win the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay of Louisa May Alcott's novel Little Women in 1933. He is probably best-known to film buffs as director of the Marx Brothers' second film, Animal Crackers (1930).
Also recorded as Victor Eugene Heerman
Victor Heerman
Exhibitors Herald (Jan. - Mar. 1920) on the Internet Archive · Public domain
- Name
- Victor Heerman
- Birth Name
- Victor Eugene Heerman
- Born
- August 27, 1893
- Birthplace
- Surrey, England
- Died
- 3 November 1977
- Place of death
- Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- screenwriter · film producer · director
- Honours
- Academy Award for Best Writing and Adapted Screenplay
- Languages
- English
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Biography
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He and Mason were the first screenwriters involved in early, never-produced scripts commissioned for what would become MGM's Pride and Prejudice.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Victor Heerman • Birth Name — Victor Eugene Heerman • Born — August 27, 1893 • Birthplace — Surrey, England • Died — 3 November 1977 • Place of death — Los Angeles, California, U.S. • Children — 2 • Years Active — 1916–1949
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Victor Heerman (27 August 1893 – 3 November 1977) is described as a director in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Victor Heerman was born on 27 August 1893 in Surrey, England, United Kingdom and died on 3 November 1977 in Los Angeles, California.
As director
As director
• She Loved a Sailor (1916, short) • Are Waitresses Safe?: 1917, short) • A Maiden's Trust: (1917, short) • Pinched in the Finish: 1917, short) • Stars and Bars: (1917, short) • Watch Your Neighbor (1918, short) • His Naughty Wife (1919, short) • Chicken à la Cabaret (1920, short) • The River's End (1920) • Don't Ever Marry (1920) • The Poor Simp (1920) • My Boy (1921) • The Chicken in the Case (1921) • A Divorce of Convenience (1921) • John Smith (1922) • Love Is an Awful Thing (1922) • Modern Marriage (1923) • Rupert of Hentzau (1923) • The Dangerous Maid (1923) • The Confidence Man (1924) • Old Home Week (1925) • Irish Luck (1925) • For Wives Only (1926) • Rubber Heels (1927) • Ladies Must Dress (1927) • Love Hungry (1928) • Paramount on Parade: (1930, sequence director) • Personality (1930) • Animal Crackers (1930) • Sea Legs (1930) • The Stolen Jools: (1931, short)
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1893
Victor Heerman was born on 27 August 1893.
1977
Victor Heerman died on 3 November 1977.
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Victor Heerman was born at Surrey.
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Victor Heerman died at Los Angeles.
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Surrey.
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As writer
• Magnificent Obsession: 1954 (based upon the screenplay by) • Little Women: 1949 (screenplay) • Meet Me in St. Louis: 1944 (uncredited) • A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob: 1941 (uncredited) • Pride and Prejudice: 1940 (uncredited) • Golden Boy: 1939 (screenplay) • Stella Dallas: 1937 (screenplay) • Magnificent Obsession: 1935 (screenplay) • Break of Hearts: 1935 (screenplay) • The Little Minister: 1934 (screenplay) • Imitation of Life: 1934 (uncredited) • The Age of Innocence: 1934 (screenplay) • Little Women: 1933 (screenplay) • Personality: 1930 • Love Hungry: 1928 (story) • Ladies Must Dress: 1927 (story) • Modern Matrimony: 1923 (story) • Love Is an Awful Thing: 1922 • John Smith: 1922 (story) • My Boy: 1921 • A Divorce of Convenience, 1921 (story) • The Chicken in the Case: 1921 (story)
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Victor Heerman is recorded with the occupation screenwriter. Recorded as screenwriter, film producer and director.
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